Nine literary tiles, including two from critic-scholar Rolando Tolentino and the latest from prize-winning poets Marra PL. Lanot, Merlie Alunan and Merlinda Bobis, were among the 16 books that the University of the Philippines (UP) Press launched recently.

In an omnibus launch called “Paglulungsad: Ikalawang Yugto” at Balay Kalinaw in UP Diliman, Quezon City on December 5, poet, critic and UP Press Director Dr. Jose Neil Garcia formally introduced Accidents of Composition by Bobis; Balanakon: Sugidanon (Epics) of Panay, Book 7 by Alicia Magos, Anna Razel Limoso Ramirez and Federico “Tuohan” Caballero; Cadena de Amor: New and Selected Poems in English, Filipino and Spanish by Lanot; and Linara Nga Mga Pulong Woven Words: Mga Siday/Poems by Jose Duke Bagulaya.

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